Rising Nashville star Carter Faith, who was named Music Row’s 2025Breakthrough Artist of the Year earlier this week, shares her new song “Arrows (Die For That Man)” today—listen here and watch the visualizer here. Her highly anticipated debut album, Cherry Valley, is set for release October 3 via Gatsby Records/MCA—pre-order/pre-save here.
“I met a man for like five minutes, and I’ve written like five songs about him so this is one of them.”
“I wrote ‘Arrows’ after meeting a man for five minutes and developing an unhealthy and delusional crush on him,” says Carter. “As the song goes, I truly felt like I would die for that man. I’ve said before that I’m a girl who’d die for love but would never let it kill me. That’s what this song is about.”
“Arrows (Die For That Man)” follows the release of “Bar Star” and its music video starring Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton – watch here. The video, which debuted last week, received enthusiastic acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard and Entertainment Tonight, among many more.
The track continues a string of previously unveiled songs, including “If I Had Never Lost My Mind…,” “Grudge,” “Sex, Drugs and Country Music,” Together, these songs have helped tide fans over since the arrival of The Aftermath EP last fall, which featured a duet with Alison Krauss and debuted to praise from Billboard, The Tennessean, American Songwriter, and others.
Cherry Valley is a document of Carter’s time in Nashville, working chronologically through her breakout successes and gut-punching breakups, new loves and family dustups. It’s named for an imagined place, a road sign Carter once saw that came to signify her creative home, a sweet spot where her old school influences like Tammy Wynette, Nancy Sinatra, Pet Sounds and Revolver meet today’s country. The album synthesizes all that into a signature Carter Faith sound.
The songs on Cherry Valley span Carter’s journey from her North Carolina hometown to Nashville, with all the heartbreak, triumph and hazy nights in between. Carter and longtime producer Tofer Brown spent two years crafting tracks for the album before finally entering the studio in 2024 to lay it down. All the while, Carter was working relentlessly to climb the ranks of country music, signing to MCA and Universal Music Publishing Group, gracing the Opry stage a dozen times, sharing stages with idols like Willie Nelson, and racking up hundreds of millions of streams.
Her time on the road with Little Big Town draws to a close tomorrow, following her Stagecoach debut and runs with Ella Langley and Carly Pearce. Carter recently joined Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild on the stage of the 18th Academy of Country Music Honors for a duet of “Lies Lies Lies” written by ACM Songwriter of the Year, Jessie Jo Dillon. She’ll head back out to join Noah Cyrus next week and will finish off the year supporting Marcus King and Kelsea Ballerini this winter. See below for full routing.
1. Cherry Valley
2. Sex, Drugs, and Country Music
3. Arrows (Die For That Man)
4. Bar Star
5. Betty
6. Grudge
7. Six-String
8. If I Had Never Lost My Mind…
9. Misery Loves Company
10. Drink Up, Baby
11. Burn My Memory
12. Sails
13. So I Sing
14. Changed
15. Still A Lover
CARTER FAITH LIVE
September 5—Chula Vista, CA—North Island Credit Union Amphitheater*
September 6—Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheater*
September 12—Santa Ana, CA—Observatory†
September 13—San Diego, CA—House of Blues†
September 15—San Francisco, CA—The Regency Ballroom†
September 18—Vancouver, B.C.—Queen Elizabeth Theatre†
September 19—Seattle, WA—Showbox SoDo†
September 20—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory†
September 21—Portland, OR—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom†
September 23—Salt Lake City, UT—The Union Event Center†
September 24—Denver, CO—Fillmore Auditorium†
September 26—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theater†
September 27—Minneapolis, MN—The Fillmore Minneapolis†
September 29—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant†
September 30—Chicago, IL—Riviera Theatre†
October 2—Detroit, MI—Masonic Temple Theatre†
October 4—Montreal, QC—MTELUS†
October 7—Boston, MA—Citizens House of Blues†
October 8—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Paramount†
October 10—Philadelphia, PA—The Fillmore Philadelphia†
October 11—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore†
October 13—Charlotte, NC—The Fillmore Charlotte†
October 15—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium†
October 17—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle†
October 18—St Petersburg, FL—Jannus Live†
October 20—Houston, TX—House of Blues Houston†
October 21—Dallas, TX—House of Blues Dallas†
October 22—Austin, TX—Emo’s Austin†
October 24—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren†
October 31—Little Rock, AR—The Hall‡
November 2—Corpus Christi, TX—Concrete Street Amphitheater‡
November 5—Lubbock, TX—Cook’s Garage‡
November 6—Albuquerque, NM—Revel‡
December 6—Sydney, AU—ICC Sydney Theatre§
December 7—Melbourne, AU—Margaret Court Arena§
December 11—Melbourne, AU— Margaret Court Arena§
December 13—Brisbane, AU—Brisbane Entertainment Centre§
*with Little Big Town
†with Noah Cyrus
‡with Marcus King
§with Kelsea Ballerini
About MCA:
MCA, a division of Universal Music Group, represents a modern, artist-first approach to country music, building on the rich legacy of the Music Corporation of America. Under the leadership of Mike Harris (President & CEO) and Dave Cobb (Chief Creative Officer), MCA continues to shape the future of country music while honoring the traditions that have made the genre an integral part of American culture.
MCA includes the iconic labels MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, and Lucille Records. The label’s diverse roster features some of country music’s most influential artists, including Alan Jackson, Belle Frantz, Billy Currington, Brad Paisley, Brothers Osborne, Carrie Underwood, Carter Faith, Chris Stapleton, Crowe Boys, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Evan Bartels, George Strait, Hootie & The Blowfish, Jon Pardi, Jordan Davis, Josh Ross, Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Luke Grimes, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Nate Bargatze, Parker McCollum, Priscilla Block, Reba, Sam Hunt, Sam Williams, Tucker Wetmore, Tyler Hubbard and Vince Gill.
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